Improvement in barrelrrolling devices



UNITEDv STATES PATENT OFF1cE.

l yHENRY w. s-rnrnnnson, orV cIQNoInNA'rr-Q'onio i innPROVEM'surv msAnal-:LrjaoLLlNG DEVICES. l

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 41.45, dated April 25, 186-5.

. To all whom it may concern.- -of the barrel under tllefpnll `of.the' ,person 5 Be it known that l., HENRY. W. STEPHEN .rolling the sameyand the rods A A should be'` SON,'of Cincinnati, in the county -of Hamil- 4 :so `beni; as to allow the barrel to revolvewitlhl 2.) v The bars A A are of iron and `of such a ton and State of' Uhio, have invented a new and Improved Device-for Rolling'BaI-rels;

and I do hereby declare that the following is Full, clear, and exact description thereof',V which will enable others skilled in the'art-to make and use the same, reference being-had to the accompanying drawings,'ibrmin "gpart ot' this specification, in whichl Figure l is a side view ot' myinvention ap- 'plied to a barrel; Fig. 2, a plan or top View ot thesam'e. Y

Similar letters ot' reference-indicate ilike parts. A

This invention relates to a new and useful device for rolling barrels, designed more es; pocially for the use Vot' porters, laborers, `at vrailroad freightldepots, &c., in order to facilitate the removal of barrels into -andnout from Warehouses,A freight-depots, &c. Y,

The invention is constructed @and used as follows: -A frame constructed on the principle ot' a'pair of tongs, A A, being two bars bent so as to form handles a a and' tangs b b, saidV bars 'crossing each other and connected'byal' tlilcrum-'pim c; The handles a a are, or may be, nearly parallel withl each other a greater portion of their length, and the tangs b b are bent or curved so as .to be of bail shape and extend around the side of the barrel to about the center of each end of the same. (See liig.-

vthickness that they will not bend-for spring materially undenthe work designed iorthem.- On the end of4 each tang b there is tted a circular disk,'B. These disks may be solid or; of skeleton form, and A:they are'placed looselyf and centrally on journals or pins d, whichpassV through the tangs, 'so that they Imay turn freely on d and also havelateral play sufficient to admit of being applied to barrels of dili'erl,`

ent lengths and 'rotatewithout binding ongthe journals or pins d. The disks B should be oi' `such a diameter that they may be applied to the ends of a barrel, C, and lit withinlthe chines e thereof, and the handles u a should -be at such adista-nce apart that the disks B .may clamp andbepressed snugly to the vends out comingin'contactwith fangs b,e` ven iftlhe disk/s B arenot applied totheends .of the b ar' rel so as to be precisely concentric therewith. In usingr thisdeviceit `is not absolutelylnecessary to insert the disks .withilithe chaines of the barrel, for `if the disks are r'un or rclled 1 f -up alongside of abarrelsothat they willlbe 1 nearlyA inserted, a portion overlapping- .the l chines, andthe disks then pressed toward `l the ends of the barrel and the` frame u lled 3 or pushed to give the barrelahalfrevo ntion', the disks will fall-into.theinplacesfThis f property of. the .invention shows its ;con'ven:` ienee and adaptability lo careless handling.g 1

It -is not necessary, in using,"to'litt`thelde" v'ice to'put'thedisks within the chinestfor by running them alongside of the barrel they can` be lifted alternately-,hy a-twistingmotion' at' 1 the handle 'ends cra of theframe. y

'Whenin nse,'the f rame and barrelv forni a). combination similar to an ordinary Whce1bar-V rowv4 and itl is as easily` handled. l

When rolling quantities of barrels, the pel"` son rolling can, when; within a few feet off-the stopping-place, release the `barrel in an iin stant by spreading the handles a` aapart and leave the1 barrelto` nxish its journey alone.

When olf the barr'elfthe user can walkr run' .with the device, the disks B being suiciently parallel with'each otherto revolveeasilylzj y and allow an -easy transportation fivithoulr` lifting.

v 'The:trames A A, crossed' and pivotedat 0,1.1- i 'fin combination with the disks B1B, tllejwhoiej` constructed and arranged so. as to be capable of being. applied to a barrel, substantially as and for the purpose described. j

" nenni; wsrnrnnnsos.; `Witnesses:

.N. MARCHAND,

L. ASrnrnnlvson.

v These advantagesf-it `is believed, :fender my` l l inventionsuperior to',4 'others' devised for the' ,j

samepurpOSe. l j f f j p VI claim asy new and desire to, securcby Let-` l ters lPatent- 

